It was more of an emperor-has-no-clothes moment than some unexpected, shocking revelation. It forced a lot of people to stop avoiding the problem and to actually start talking about it openly.
I have been downvoted already on the parent post, but coming from an European country that experienced dictatorship for 41 years, I have a tendency to not believe in politicians.
Many fellow Europeans had to endure similar governments in the last century.
So how could in the land of free, citizens expect it would be any different?!
It's a serious question.
However tries to change the system, either becomes one of them or ends up being forced to leave with consequences from not playing with the rest of the gang.
Everyone seems to hate politicians, yet we rely on them.
And in theory, they're acting as our proxies.
Why does this seemingly good situation turn out so badly?
(I don't know, per se. I know a number of theories. I'm mulling them over, like a fine wine or whisky or whatever it is that one mulls.)